Floor 1 Room 4

[dyingtohealyou]

Ahito

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[revengier]

I suppose it's a good thing, then. Maybe they'll bleed their student population instead.

[ And dwindle until they shut down. Beneficial for everyone.

But that question makes Kurapika shrug. ]

What hasn't he done?

[dyingtohealyou]

Dunno. Not like he's told me too much about himself.

[revengier]

He tends to dodge questions like that. If you get a chance, don't let him do it, especially because he won't let you dodge those questions either.

[dyingtohealyou]

So what you're saying is he got you.

[Couldn't be him!!]

[revengier]

[ BITCH??? ]

You know well by now that I'm an open book as long as you ask, Ahito.

[ So, like. Yes. But he isn't ashamed of it. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

[Look if he ain't wrong-]

That's true. Hmm, I wonder what else I should ask about...

[revengier]

[ Wow, why does this feel like a challenge? ]

Whatever you want.

[ He's not backing down. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

Hmm...

[How can he be the MOST little shit about this-]

Is there anything about yourself you've never told anyone else before?

[revengier]

[ Oh. That actually catches him off guard. ]

...I don't know. I'm open about a lot of things, and I've already told you one thing no one else knows.

[ That his skill reduces his lifespan. ]

Narrow it down.

[dyingtohealyou]

-Wait, you did?

[revengier]

I did. No one else knows about the sacrifice I make when I use Emperor Time.

[dyingtohealyou]

...Huh. Not even those friends of yours back home?

[revengier]

Not even them.

[ He doesn't want to hurt them by telling them. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

What's your plan there? Going to just slip away before they have a chance to notice you're gone?

[revengier]

[ ...

What is his plan? He doesn't have one, but if he did, that would be the plan. Wouldn't it? ]

Yes.

[dyingtohealyou]

...

That's pretty brave of you.

[revengier]

Is it? It's cowardly of me, if anything.

[ Kurapika can't bring himself to tell them, so he would much rather slip out of their lives, like something distant floating on the wind. ]

[dyingtohealyou]

It does mean they might not find you before you die.

You could end up dying alone like that.

[revengier]

...I know.

[ It's something he's long since accepted, even if the very thought makes his chest ache. ]

I think it's better that way.

[dyingtohealyou]

See?

I don't think I could handle that kind of end, personally.

[revengier]

But isn't it easier on everyone else that way? I'm simply living with the consequences of my own actions.

[dyingtohealyou]

Is it easier for them if you run off and die on your own, so they can find out later, if at all? ...I wouldn't know the answer to that.

[But Kurapika probably would.]

[revengier]

...

[ The truth is that he doesn't think it would be, not at all. Already, he can picture his friends wondering why he said nothing at all. ]

I hadn't thought of it that way.

[dyingtohealyou]

Then it sounds like you have an answer to it after all.

[revengier]

…Whatever.

[ Hmph!!!! ]

It feels like you know exactly what to say to me sometimes. It’s strange.

[ But that’s how these fated bonds work, he supposes. ]